The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05
FROM DUCK HILL.
PLENTY OF IRON THE WANT OF THE
AGE,

: PLENTY OF IRON THE WANT Or All
, AGE.
The constantly increasing uses o
/ iron have begun TO awake the calou'
t lations of scientists and physlcists
as to how long the present sources o
supply will last. Biologists in this
country and elsewhere seem to have
concluded that without other fields,
the present mes will sG0n have then
DAYS numbered. Let any II think
of what amounts of iron are used in
building and equipping railroads,and
how rapidly new railroads are being
laid oft, and he will not wonder that
new fields Of iron ore are held up to
the world as matters of serious en-
curry. Think again, that the wooden
walls, or wooden ships, have ceased
their operations ofnaval warfare, and
that they have been followed by iron
men Of war, with great turrited tow
ers, encased IN iron or steel plating
from eight to twelve inches thick,
and then armed with guns that shoot
an iron bulle. that weighs from ten
to twelve hundred pounds, the uses
of iron in new forms and for new
purposes will not be a matter of won
der any longer. But the uses of iron
in these latter days of experiment
and discovery do not stop here. IRON
bridges are not only spanning great
streams like the East river in New
York, and the Mississippi river at st.
Louis, but smaller streams, like the
Yalobusha and 'Bogue which pass
our doors are spenned by iron bridg-
es. Iron will be the chief factor in
Capt. Eads' great ship railway,
wherein huge iron cradles will clasp
heavily~laden ships and hold them
firmly until the Isthmus of Tphuan-
tepec is traversed, and then by pom
derous mechanical forces the great
lev lilitlil Is al Iltb lc'St again uJ'ii
the watery deep to pursue the path
way OF commerce to the ends of the
earth. Every year introduces some
new use of iron, stupendous in the
amounts required, while in the
smaller department Of civilized prog
ress its uses are continually increas-
ing. Therefore we can feel assured
that the discoveries of iron at Duck
Hill, in i~nexhaustible quantities, is
opportune in the wants and necessi-
ties Of the age. Some of our cOtempO-
raries are disposed to turn into ridi-
cuie this Duck Hill boom. This il
just what has been the case Of some
of the most important events of the
ages past. This, however, does not
divert the minds Of anxious business
men. Although the wild speculation
in town lots has ceased the town rests
on more solid foundations
than ever, for it has passed from the
hands Of the temporary trader into
the calculations and purposes of bust
ness men who come to the town and
make their own Investigations, or
telegraph or write to personal friends
information, upon which they are
ready to invest their money. Town
lots and parcels Of mineral lands are
sold every day, but they are business
transactions not intended to bear or
bull the market. So long rs these
immense deposits of iron ore are
found near Duck Hill, so long will
they be an irritating cause in the
value Of real estate. The finding of ,
beds OF good coal anywhere within i
fifty miles Of This place will make
Duck Hill "A centre Of active industry
ages; and that such will be dis
covered at no distant day, is highly ,
probable. ~ !
Had Prof Little told us that the |
quality of our iron was inferior, we
would have accepted the verdict with |
much grace, but when he states G
hat the quality is fine and the guam ,
.lty wanting, we are almost persuad-
I'd that the Professor knows lust about
Is much about our surroundings as a !
log does about holiday. !,
Jack Turner who IL w,Il t,nu, ]